Renewable Energy News

Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:49:00 UTC

Forming joint ventures to construct US offshore wind farms

The U.S Jones Act affects the construction of U.S. offshore wind farms by limiting certain activities in U.S. waters to U.S.-registered vessels owned and operated by qualified U.S. citizens. Much of the expertise in the construction of offshore wind farms is European based. The logical mechanism for marrying European expertise with U.S. firms qualified to operate where the U.S. Jones Act applies are joint ventures. Such joint ventures must take into account the stringent U.S. citizenship requirements applicable to the ownership and operation of Jones Act vessels.… read more

Thu, 21 Mar 2019 01:00:09 UTC

What would (and should) a city of autonomous cars look like?

A UNIQUE opportunity exists for infrastructure investment in Australia as transport as we know it faces disruption from autonomous vehicles.

Will Thai stock exchange’s transformation help it catch up with Singapore?

STOCK exchanges in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region are not all equal. Some, like Singapore and Hong Kong, are quite advanced in the way they're organised. Others, like Thailand and Indonesia, are still playing catch up — at least when it comes to digital transformation.

Can Thailand’s junta manage the election’s outcome?

FOR Thailand’s junta, the 2019 election is to be carefully managed so that the government can return to power with enhanced legitimacy, both among its own people and the international community. Yet the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) may have miscalculated its ability to control the elections effectively and so enhance its legitimacy.

Pakistan’s Women Marched for Their Rights. Then the Backlash Came.

North Carolina’s solar power output grew 36 percent in 2018

Annual solar energy production in North Carolina jumped 36 percent in 2018, according to the latest government data – firmly placing North Carolina as the No. 2 solar-producing state in the nation.… read more